Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] when [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he darted out of the room , pausing only when he reached the barn , to lean against the door and breathe deeply . |
| 2 | Moi children who had heard the noise of their approach came running helter-skelter to surround them and began shouting excitedly when they saw the dead deer . |
| 3 | The sun was already going down when I reached the top of the hill . |
| 4 | I was just going in when I saw the sign . |
| 5 | I sat there a long time , bored , with a cold bottom , and I was about to open the pub door to tell him I was going home when I saw the organ grinder trundling his barrel-organ down the street . |
| 6 | FitzAlan glanced over his shoulder , turning fully when he saw the ugly discolouration along her cheekbone and the narrow line of dried blood where she had been cut by a ring . |
| 7 | She began to drift and was just dozing off when she heard the squeak of Nathan 's deck shoes on the ladder . |
| 8 | Could I just follow on what Mr was saying earlier when he introduced the he he referred to that er are no references to incinerators in the structural plan . |
| 9 | A crack the size of the Grand Canyon streaked up the drive , stopping only when it reached the garage doors . |
| 10 | The twilight was fading fast when she entered the bedroom but she could see that the child was still sitting bolt upright in the bed . |
| 11 | Enraged by such unappreciative comments after all the trouble she 'd gone to , Fran swung round and marched ahead , stopping abruptly when she heard the unmistakable sound of his laughter . |
| 12 | Almost immediately he became the anchorman of the Hampshire batting and he was to score over 1,000 runs in a season twenty-seven times , including twice when he passed the 3,000 mark , and nine times when he exceeded 2,000 . |
| 13 | To be decent — an underrated public virtue of bad times — is simply to refrain from behaving badly when one has the incentive to be bad . |
| 14 | What happens if you stay standing up when you confront the Mayor ? |
| 15 | On his desk was a map of the Fairfax property which he had been working on when he had the telephone call from the owner telling him that he was cancelling all the arrangements . |
| 16 | For a long time Roe has harboured a desire to do some commentating so when he had the chance at the European he took it with both hands . |
| 17 | They were all crossing together when they saw the skid , the boy on the motorbike , out of control and ploughing towards the sedate black Morris Minor . |
| 18 | He seemed to be loosening up , only tensing slightly when he noticed the no smoking sign again . |
| 19 | After a moment or two to pull herself together and wash her face , she went back through the bedroom , her stomach heaving again when she saw the crumpled disorder of the bed . |